Man admits killing friend's 86-year-old great-grandfather

Glenn Craft killed during robbery, deputies say

One of four suspects in the robbery and death of an 86-year-old Upstate man has admitted his guilt.

Walter Chase Alley, 30, pleaded guilty in Anderson County in the July 2011 death of Glenn Craft.

A release from the Solicitor’s Office said that after consideration of the evidence and testimony from the defense, the judge found that Alley was guilty but mentally ill. He was sentenced to 37 years in prison.

Alley will be sent to the State Department of Mental Health prior to imprisonment. He will be required to serve his entire sentence.

One of the other suspects in the killing is Craft’s great-grandson, Charles “Chad” Bell, who was 17 at the time of his great-grandfather’s death.